Each members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Religious Affairs wants to send three representatives to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year.

At least 29 Bangladeshi hajj aspirants have died so far in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

A total of 112,606 hajj aspirants reach Saudi Arabia till August 2 to perform the holy Hajj this year.

At least 29 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims have died so far from different health complications in Saudi Arabia since July 4.

Alleged fraudulence by two hajj agencies and a broker has made around 60 people’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia uncertain.

Inaugurating the Hajj programme-2019 at Ashkona Hajj Camp in Dhaka today, President Abdul Hamid asks the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) not to cheat people in the name of hajj business.

A total of around 1.27 lakh Bangladeshis will get the opportunity to perform hajj next year. A treaty is signed with Saudi authority in this regard in Jeddah.

The religious affairs ministry has fined 52 hajj agents over Tk 9 crore and cancelled and suspended licences of 76 after

Pilgrims have to spend around Tk 16,000 more this year to perform hajj, mainly because of high airfare.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday got permission to operate 12 additional hajj flights paving the way for trips of all intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, a top official of religious affairs ministry said.

Time is running out for some 15,000 hajj pilgrims who are yet to receive their visas. Although the religious ministry has given a 48-hour ultimatum (that runs out today) to 16 agencies to complete the visa related procedures to send 3,000 pilgrims by August 26, we need to ask some hard questions regarding bungling of this year's hajj.

Twelve hajj agencies are yet to complete visa procedures of around 2,400 pilgrims creating uncertainty over sending them to Saudi Arabia to perform hajj this year, top officials at the Hajj Camp say.

Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman says legal action will be taken against the hajj agencies responsible for visa complexities of hajj pilgrims, leading to flight cancellation and other problems.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is forced to cancel a hajj flight due to shortage of pilgrims.

A total of 105 Bangladeshi Hajj pilgrims, who missed their flights to Saudi Arabia yesterday, fly from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.